Mantle-support.



A; RECTOR.

MANTLE SUPPORT.

PPLIUATIQR FILED 11u25, 190e. 'M NBWBD mlm e, 190s.

917,659. Patented Apr. 6,1909.

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ALCORN RECTOR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TORECTOR GAS LAMP COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

:MANTLE-SUPPORT.

Application filed May 25, 1905, Serial No. 318,670. Renewed June 9,1908.

To all )hom it may concern:

Be it known that i, Aiicoizn Rno'ron, ot the city, county, and State otNew York, have invented a new and improved Mantle-- Support, oli' whichthe following is a t'ull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to iinproveinente in mantle Supports foriiicandescent gas amps.

lilly invention relates chi-elly to the means for supporting the mantle.lt is a common practice to support the mantle from Standards or astandard on one side of the lan'ip. rllhis means of Support is open toobjection becauee, lii'st, the Support caste a shadow, and next, theSupport ie likely to be affectet by the heatl and to warp or incline sothat the mantle is not centrally Supported in the chimney. l have foundby experiment that to get the beet results it is ahaolutely neeeasary tohold the mantle in a vertical posi` tion, and that by Supporting` themantle 'from the chimney top l can easily maintain it in Such aposition, and in any event, th mantle always parallel with the chimney.and there are no obetructions on ine side to interfere with the light.Moreover by Supporting the mantle directly trein the on iiey top it. isheld in relation to the burner so that it iS incandescent on all it esano tor its iull length, and a nine eater lign if; obtained than bysupportiuo it in an,7

other way. is alao desirableuto have tl e mantle loop engaged by Somepart which will permit ot' a. sliding' movement or the mantle and iteSupport in relation to each other, so that vibrations will not be S0easily communicated to the inant-le.

lilith these ends in view iny invention consi; .i of certain teatureS ofconstri'lction and Combinations of parte which will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference ie to be had to the aecoinpanydrawin.C formino; a part of thisspeciiioation, in which u.nilar letters and figures .idioatecoiaeapondingl iai-ts iu ot reference all the views.

Figure 1 ie a vertical section through the top portion ot a chimneyShowing my inantle Siipporting means, and Fig. 2 is a plan view ot' themantle support..

The chimney 10, which can be of any approved construction, has at thetop a ring` 11 which lita nicely upon the chimney, and this can beconveniently held in place by means ot' the arme 12 which extend down-Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented April 6, 1909.

Serial No. 437,552.

ward outside the chimney, and which can be bent out so as to support ashade it desired. The ringA .is 'turthei' Stayed by the opposed brackets13 which extend downward from the inner ringl and project inward intothe chimney top, each bracket having its inner part notched. shown at141, and ae illnetrated in iiiy ll. S. Patent No. 801,103. dated"October 1905. The notchesv 11 receive the arios of the stirrup 15ELwhich is adapted to support the loop a'. of the mantle A and "he arme`15 at their outer ende terminate in lownward bends 1G` which enterperfora- ,ions 1T in the brackets 13 and so when the ende lo are droppedinto the peiioratione` with the arnis 15 in the notches 1l the StiriaSecurely held and it supporte the inanin a ve tical position above thelamp burner. The lorackets 13, are approximately zlJ-shaped in crosssection and it is the base portion that is provided with the perfora-.ion 17, and ite upper or t'ree edge that is i'ovided with a notch 1l l.have shown the ring 11 as, illustrated in iny Yformer patent, aa aconvenient means of xeuppciting the sziirup and 15.

ani aware that in my former patent l .-fhow a means ot supporting themantle troni the chimney tog, but my real invention ae heie Shown is notclaimed in the foi-nier patent By having the loop lo constructed asShown. it leaves a plain wide portion to en- ,...pgu ,.ic ,af'.e.l) i,579 i, lage .ne pai t o oi tie mann il ant. so pei-initYA ot a treeSliding movement in i'eo each other and/the mantle ie not to hedisturbed by any ordinary nel vihiationss.

Having thus fully desciibed my invein tion. l claim ail new and desireto Secure by letters Patent-- in combination with a :l ininey, a tlatring' restingl upon the top of the chin'iney and oi ""l e saine contour,brackets Ytermed with the r. and depending within the chimney andcontacting with the inner surface thereof. Said brackets being; oppoeedand arma loi'nied with the ring Contactin with the outer surface oiE thechimney, ai'oie being positioned to either Side oi the chimney.

ALCORN RECTOR.

